Mic-Noodles's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Purple Sky]

This is pretty fun sounding, particularly in the first half or so. You've put a lot of work into your percussion and there's some interesting ideas there. I'd love to hear what you could do if you based your song writing a little more around that. You could look into working more on structure since its a little meandering. Your leads also a little buried behind those drums in the mix. But overall it's quite energetic and lively with plenty of ideas going on.

Vihg responds:

Thanks a lot for the feedback!! :)

[ZEON]

This is incredibly badass. You constantly keep things fresh and moving while keeping the sound all within the same theme. Very nicely executed and fantastically mixed.

[Earth 2050]

I honestly wouldn't worry too much about the drum volume. If anything I'd recommend sticking a little bit of dotted 1/8th note delay/reverb on them (especially to fill out those cool ass hi-hats panning around) and bringing the ride cymbal down or making it a little more dynamic (a little flat sounding).
For guitars, I totally get what you mean, they need a little extra high mids to bring out the plucking I'm guessing. Also, some compression for extra rhythmic feel would really help glue the track together (mainly on drums, guitar and mix bus).

The levelling of this mix is fantastic. Nothing sticks out other than above (hope it's useful). Awesome tune, great feel. You really captured the theme you were going for. Loving the layered guitar parts and the orchestral sound. Everything fits together really well and there's lovely moving dynamics throughout the tune.

[Limitless]

I think your intro is a little lackluster but once it gets going you've got a really great assembly of sounds. Lots of energy and very well balanced frequencies, nice punchy drums and bass and massive synths. There's definitely some room for mid range for a little extra color and possibly some more effects here and there. I would also recommend maybe switching up the bass a little in the latter half of the song to really get some more feels and I'd watch that pedal note it plays at the end (sounds a little clashy harmonically). Those are my thoughts anyhow, it's an awesome tune with lots of energy that's incredibly tidy.

[lately]

Don't worry about length. It's the content that matters. You're doing an excellent job. The only thing I would suggest is maybe an alternate section (like a key change or anything really, just sonically different)

[Sleepy Thursday - Outdated Justice]

This is extraordinarily well put together. Every bit of space is used with clearly excellent consideration. I absolutely love how that thick bass just barely cuts in here and there along the beat. Lovely warm reverb that's not muddy. The percussion and keys fill out the mids to top end with a nice shimmer. There's some serious skill here in this track.

CutlassBoardgames responds:

Thanks for the such kind words!
I've only just started to properly get back into production after about 8 years away, and it really is like riding a bicycle. I'm missing a few of my old tools, but I've found some new ones that I like. I'm hoping to fill out the EP with a bunch of tracks in much similar style to this one.

[Diamond]

You've got a really interesting ambience going and I feel it really fits the song title. The textures from the percussion give a nice airyness to the track. Drums are nice and punchy too. I do think the mix gets a little muddy however and it feels like too many things are fighting for the front to me. Unfortunately I feel this weakens the section changes a bit, which could have a little more weight. The key changes give a nice shift in sound, really fits this gleaming thematic aura to the tune.

[Torment]

This song goes a lot of cool places. Your guitar playing is fantastic

Banana-head responds:

Thanks a lot! At first i didnt like this song at all but its growing on me.

[Tamago - Hatchi]

This is excellent! Love the dynamics and instrumentation

[EDEXY - The Highway [a Night Drive Sequel]]

Damn nice man. This is a very tight sounding mix.

edexy responds:

Thanks a lot, I'm glad! :D